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Letní plovárna
Pěšky 24 min
A functionalist site from 1933 on Sokolský ostrov, minutes from the square, nicknamed little Budějovice Barrandov. The fifty-metre pool was to be the largest in interwar Czechoslovakia — and people swam in it a year before it was fully finished.
Functionalist complex from 1933 on Sokolský ostrov, nicknamed little Budějovice Barrandov. The fifty-metre pool was to be the largest in Czechoslovakia — and people used it a year before completion.
Practical details
- Pěšky 24 min
- Opening hours: denně 9:30–20:00 (web, ověřeno 23. 8. 2026)
On site
- Sokolský ostrov is the whole area, not just the pool. Worth walking around — a functionalist complex from the 1930s showing how leisure was imagined then.
- Try to find where the bridge went. Period photos show people crossing in swimwear straight to the lido.
- From the island there is a good view of the confluence and it lies on the walk by the water.
- Photo: period details that remain from Chochol's design.